Force of Nature shows how extreme weather pushes wildlife to its limits
Force of Nature launches on ITV July 26. © ITV Published: July 24, 2026 9:57am EDT A chimpanzee digging for water in a dried-up Senegalese riverbed. A colony of 40,000…
The World Cup was meant to be carbon-neutral. FIFA hasn’t released the figures, so we built a computer model to check
In 2018, when the United States, Canada and Mexico bid to host the World Cup, their pitch included a climate promise: the bid committee said it would strive to deliver…
Building dams to protect Lismore from flooding would cost billions. Could nature do it better?
The unprecedented flooding in New South Wales in 2022 killed 13 people across the state, left 4,000 properties uninhabitable and damaged a further 10,900 homes. Lismore was especially hard hit…
Tiny waves in the deep ocean can affect the climate thousands of kilometres away
Thousands of metres below the ocean’s surface, there are tiny waves moving through the water. Much like breaking waves at the beach, these small waves within the ocean must eventually…
Brazil’s highland forest has been shaped by climate change and Indigenous people for 6,000 years
When you think of a South American rainforest, you probably don’t imagine biting winds, heavy frosts and freezing temperatures. But in the mountains of southern Brazil, that’s exactly what you…
What happened to Australia’s snow season? A climate expert explains
There’s nothing like gliding down a snow-covered slope. That’s if you ask the thousands of people that make an annual pilgrimage to our alpine resorts during the Australian winter. But…
Your say: week beginning July 6
Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au. Monday July 6 “Your article regarding…
The politics of feeling: why did ‘boring’ prime minister Keir Starmer provoke such visceral reactions?
Keir Starmer resigned as Labour leader with opinion polls indicating he was the most unpopular prime minister in modern times. This is despite the fact he had secured the second-highest…
The cooling divide: how air conditioning is creating a new climate inequality
For decades, people in the UK tended to view air conditioning as something that belonged elsewhere. It was associated with office buildings, hotels and hotter countries rather than their own…